Eye drops may curb worsening nearsightedness in kids
NCT ID NCT03918915
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested SYD-101 eye drops in 852 children with nearsightedness (myopia). The goal was to slow the worsening of vision over time. Children used the drops daily for up to 3 years. The study measured how much their eyesight changed, aiming to reduce the risk of serious eye problems later in life.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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852 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2019
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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3 to 14 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Myopia of 0.5 D (diopters) to 6.00 D (inclusive) in both eyes. * Astigmatism ≤1.50 D in both eyes. * Anisometropia ≤1.00 D in both eyes. * If myopia is ≥0.75 D, participant must be wearing single vision eyeglasses or soft, daily-wear, single-vision contact lenses that meet study investigator's criteria. * BCVA (best-corrected visual acuity) Snellen equivalent of 20/32 or better. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with a history or current evidence of a medical condition predisposing them to degenerative myopia (e.g. Marfan syndrome, Stickler syndrome), or a condition that may affect visual function or development (e.g. diabetes mellitus, chromosome anomaly). * Current use of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. * Evidence of any ocular inflammation or infection in either eye, including blepharitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, and scleritis. * Past, present or future plans to use orthokeratology (orthoK), rigid gas-permeable, bifocal, progressive-addition, multi-focal, or other lenses to reduce myopia progression; or the use of atropine, pirenzepine or other anti-muscarinic agent for myopia. * History or evidence of ocular surgery or planned future ocular surgery in either eye. Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria could apply.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sie 136
Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, 19004-1108, United States
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Fort Collins, Colorado, 80528, United States
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San Antonio, Texas, 78240, United States
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Danbury, Connecticut, 06810, United States
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San Diego, California, 92131, United States
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Fargo, North Dakota, 58103, United States
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Wilmette, Illinois, 60091, United States
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Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Jupiter, Florida, 33477, United States
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Santa Barbara, California, 93110, United States
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Medford, Oregon, 97504, United States
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23452, United States
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Washington, Missouri, 63090, United States
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The Woodlands, Texas, 77380, United States
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Chicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27517, United States
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Sweetwater, Florida, 33182, United States
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Tamarac, Florida, 33321, United States
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Raleigh, North Carolina, 27603, United States
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33309, United States
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Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States
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Marietta, Georgia, 30060, United States
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Lakeway, Texas, 78734, United States
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Buffalo, New York, 14209, United States
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Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, 16066, United States
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80920, United States
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Munster, Indiana, 46321, United States
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Henderson, Nevada, 89052, United States
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Sunnyvale, California, 94087, United States
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Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Pittsburg, Kansas, 66762, United States
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Bangor, Maine, 04401, United States
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109, United States
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Ogden, Utah, 84405, United States
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San Antonio, Texas, 78215, United States
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Irwindale, California, 91706, United States
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Pasadena, California, 91105, United States
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Tigard, Oregon, 97223, United States
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San Diego, California, 92127, United States
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Ogden, Utah, 84403, United States
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Waterbury, Connecticut, 06708, United States
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Trenčín, 91108, Slovakia
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Trebišov, 075 01, Slovakia
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Bratislava, 833 40, Slovakia
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Linz, Upper Austria, 4021, Austria
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Graz, Styria, 8036, Austria
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Vienna, 1140, Austria